Education

Tomes come home

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A 35-year saga will come to an end in the week of Dec. 1, 1997, when the new British Library welcomes its first readers. The British Library's move from the round Reading Room of the British Museum to a new building on the Euston Road in London, England, is a story full of twists and turns in which money has played a major part. The building will be formally opened in Jul. 1998 and should be fully operational by the middle of 1999. British Library Chief Exec. Brian Lang has no wish for excitement, admitting that he just wants people to come in quietly and be given their books quietly and efficiently.

Planning, Buildings and facilities, United Kingdom. British Library, Libraries, National, National libraries

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Is NUS serving the me generation?

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Student representatives at Southampton University, England, have chosen to disaffiliate from the National Union of Students (NUS) because they do not feel they are getting good value for the 64,000 pounds sterling their students contribute each year. The NUS is also facing criticism from further education colleges which feel the union is not giving them a good service. Other members feel the union is not concerned about difficulties faced by the students. A number of universities have their own unions which are affiliated to the NUS.

Catching a whiff of days gone by

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Helen Paris, a performance artist at Brunel University, and Leslie Hill, Paris' collaborator, harness the sensation of smell in their show "On the Scent". Paris and Hill concede that it can often be difficult to separate performance art from either art or performance, but Paris notes that the popularity of performance art as an university subject is growing.